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Istanbul,
June 6, 2013--Turkish police have targeted journalists photographing law
enforcement clashes with protesters in a series of attacks, detentions, and
obstructions documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Istanbul, April 25, 2013--An Istanbul court convicted a
Turkish editor of "publicly insulting the president" and sentenced him to a
conditional term of 14 months in prison, according to news reports. Ali Örnek would
be jailed if he repeats the perceived offense sometime in the next five years
under amendments to Turkey's criminal code introduced in 2012.

Portuguese journalists
are increasingly concerned by Angola's growing investment and influence in
their country. Buoyed by petrodollars and diamonds, powerful Angolan interests
have been indulging in a buying spree in their former colonial power. Angolan capital invested in Portugal increased
35 times in the past decade, according to news reports. In a process often acidly described in Lisbon
as a form of "reverse colonization," Angolans have gobbled up not only
significant chunks of Portugal's banking, telecommunications, and energy companies,
but also invested in the Portuguese media sector.